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8th Grade English Final

Terms in this set (27)

gerund
a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun ex: eating
infinitives
adding the word "to" to a verb ex: to eat
participle
a verb form that can be used as an adjective
allegory
a story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.
metaphor
a comparison without using like or as
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
symbolism
a device in literature where an object represents an idea
ject
to throw (L)
stella
star (L)
pend
to hang (L)
flex
bend (L)
chron
time (G)
rupt
to burst (L)
rod
to gnaw (G)
scend
to climb (L)
sci
to know (L)
sign
mark (L)
mir
wonder (L)
mob
to move (L)
mot
to move (L)
mort
death (L)
spir
to breathe (L)
term
end (L)
present participles
the form of a verb, ending in -ing ex: reading
past participle
A past participle is a verb + -ed used as an adjective or a verb ex: raised
zero conditional
uses if or when and must be followed by the simple present or imperative
Ellipsis
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
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